[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 23028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08724]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FRS 16687]
Open Commission Meeting by Teleconference, Thursday, April 23,
2020
April 17, 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
Thursday, April 23, 2020, which is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and related agency telework and
headquarters access policies, this meeting will be in a wholly
electronic format and will be open to the public on the internet via
live feed from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live and on the FCC's
YouTube channel. Because of these special circumstances, the first
three items on the agenda will be considered by the Commission during
the teleconference meeting while the other items listed below are
expected to be voted on circulation prior to the meeting.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1...................... ENGINEERING & TITLE: Unlicensed Use of
TECHNOLOGY. the 6 GHz Band (ET
Docket No. 18-295);
Expanding Flexible Use
in Mid-Band Spectrum
Between 3.7 and 24 GHz
(GN Docket No. 17-183).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that would
promote innovation and
the use of mid-band
spectrum for broadband
by allowing unlicensed
operations in the 5.925-
7.125 GHz band while
protecting existing
licensed operations.
2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Establishing a 5G
Fund for Rural America
(GN Docket No. 20-32).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
and Order that would
propose to establish the
5G Fund to award up to
$9 billion in support in
two phases for the
deployment of 5G mobile
broadband services in
rural areas.
3...................... INTERNATIONAL....... TITLE: Mitigation of
Orbital Debris in the
New Space Age (IB Docket
No. 18-313).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that would
comprehensively update
the Commission's orbital
debris rules for all
Commission-authorized
satellites.
4...................... INTERNATIONAL....... TITLE: ViaSat, Inc.,
Petition for Declaratory
Ruling Granting Access
for a Non-U.S.-Licensed
Non-Geostationary Orbit
Satellite Network (IBFS
File No. SAT-PDR-
20161115-00120 and SAT-
APL-20180927-00076).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider an Order
and Declaratory Ruling
that would grant
ViaSat's request for
U.S. market access to
offer broadband services
using a proposed
constellation of non-
geostationary orbit
satellites.
5...................... MEDIA............... TITLE: Amendments of
Parts 73 and 74 to
Improve the Low Power FM
Radio Service Technical
Rules (MB Docket No. 19-
193); Modernization of
Media Regulation
Initiative (MB Docket
No. 17-105).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
modernize the LPFM
technical rules to
provide more regulatory
flexibility for
licensees.
6...................... MEDIA............... TITLE: Video Description:
Implementation of the
Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of
2010 (MB Docket No. 11-
43).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
that would propose to
expand video description
requirements to 40
additional local
television markets over
the next four years to
increase the
accessibility of
programming to blind and
visually impaired
Americans.
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The meeting will be webcast with open captioning at: www.fcc.gov/live. Open captioning will be provided as well as a text only version
on the FCC website. Other reasonable accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request. In your request, include a
description of the accommodation you will need and a way we can contact
you if we need more information. Last minute requests will be accepted
but may be impossible to fill. Send an email to: [email protected] or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice),
202-418-0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322.
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the internet from the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08724 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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